Mistress Dispeller

Name: Mistress Dispeller
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 22, 2025
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 81

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Oscilloscope Laboratories | Release Date: October 22, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: A Chinese woman hires someone to secretly end her husband's extramarital relationship in an attempt to save her marriage.

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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RogerEbert.com Katie Rife

Oct 22, 2025

Mistress Dispeller” isn’t really about Wang, or her methods...It’s about the mysteries of the human heart. Its exploration of these subtle depths is sensitive, as are its conclusions. Read full review

Ross McIndoe

Oct 20, 2025

The film is sensitively attuned to how people’s feelings are shaped by cultural norms. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 23, 2025

The result is a sharp-eyed, open-ended inquiry into marriage and romance. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Oct 24, 2025

Lo’s construction of each person’s story grants them dignity and compassion. And their agreement at the end speaks volumes about what they saw in the film, too. Read full review

The Film Stage Devan Suber

Oct 28, 2025

For all that the film proposes to convey about a unique industry and intimate access, we’re left with a lot of pretty surfaces made all the more frustrating by how close it brushes something greater. Read full review

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